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Consolidation Run 8 -- slow mooch around local parkrun venue

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Not a lot to report really today. Got on better in the cooler weather and just had a slow 30 minutes around my local parkrun venue. Will run here over the weekend for the inaugural MMDs Weekly Virtual 5K

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Did a bit of a sprint at the end to see if I could keep up with my daughter and sorry to say youth overcame experience πŸ˜‚

But confident I can go up and over the 165 cadence required for the C25K + Speed podcast πŸ˜€ and raised my max HR on my watch to 170BPM

Hope to see you on the start line this coming extended weekend..πŸ‘πŸƒπŸ•ΆοΈ

Edited to add app screenshot. Wish I could maintain that pace πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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Yes! Prepping for C25K+ Speed is exactly what I love to read! (I did my second attempt today and showed her who is boss!).

See you on the virtual start line on Saturday! πŸƒβ€β™‚οΈ

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MontyMooDogGraduate in reply to PhoenixRise

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Instructor57Graduate

170bpm ?

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MontyMooDogGraduate in reply to Instructor57

170 bpm

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Instructor57Graduate in reply to MontyMooDog

That's high

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MontyMooDogGraduate in reply to Instructor57

Did a bit of a sprint at the end to see if I could keep up with my daughter and sorry to say youth overcame experience πŸ˜‚

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Instructor57Graduate in reply to MontyMooDog

Haha, πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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MontyMooDogGraduate in reply to Instructor57

Using the age based calculation on my health app the max HR for my age is 160bpm ie 220-age = 220-60= 160

This is a conservative figure for me as early on in the C25K program running round my local park I was regularly in the red extreme zone just running up a small hill and most of my workout was in the top end of the anaerobic orange zone. In my view that's just not sustainable so I used another calculation 208-(age x0.7)=208-(60x 0.7) = 208-42=166

Today at the end of my sprint my HR reached 171 momentarily and I believe that's a more accurate representation of my TRUE maximum HR. So have set 170 now as the figure in my watch.

Don't worry I'm not going to make this a regular occurrence but I'm training for the C25K+ Speed podcast and I want to ensure I'm not pushing myself too hard.

I've tried 1 attempt so far and bottled out of the running between the 165 cadence intervals and just walked rapidly instead. But it was very hot and that may have contributed but even with walking my HR on the intervals was 145+

Running between the 165 cadence intervals is only going to increase my HR more so that would have made a mockery of the 160 top end setting as suggested by my health app.

So will try it again once it's cooler but on the occasion I did try running between the intervals, albeit a bit slower than the 150 cadence required,I felt fine.

Have you attempted it yet ??πŸ˜‚

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nowsterGraduate in reply to MontyMooDog

Interesting! My normal cadence seems to be around 160 steps/min (and 95cm stride).

Some authorities suggest cadences as high as 180, but with shorter strides.

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MontyMooDogGraduate in reply to nowster

Get week 9 under your belt and then maybe try the C25K+ Podcasts which are Stepping Stones, Speed and StaminaπŸ‘πŸ˜€πŸƒ

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Instructor57Graduate in reply to MontyMooDog

Yes, I realise the 'Fox formula' 220 - Age is a little low . I guess they need to be on the safe side with these things , the accurate way of course would be a stress test where you are tested to exhaustion on a treadmill under medical supervision .

The problem with any of the formula based calculations of course is that they are estimates .

so we can only used perceived effort to to get a more realistic figure (as you have done) πŸ™‚

I have looked at the C25K+ Speed podcast but at the moment im determined to really consolidate on the 5k's for a little longer then I may do ju ju's magic plan for 10k.

This will then better my performance over the 5k distance (or that's the plan) 😁

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MontyMooDogGraduate in reply to Instructor57

πŸ‘ Not sure if the 10K is really for me as I reckon 1 hours running is going to be my max with my back. So at an easy pace that may get me to 7K or so. Probably draw the line on that but who knows lolπŸ˜‚

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MontyMooDogGraduate in reply to MontyMooDog

Have edited post to add screenshot...

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Caley67Graduate

On my Mapmyrun app, analysis has 'elevation', do you know what this is?

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MontyMooDogGraduate in reply to Caley67

Yes it's height gained or lost. Your app might give highest point (metres above sea level) and lowest point. Elevation gained or lost is how much uphill or downhill you have covered.

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Caley67Graduate in reply to MontyMooDog

Thanks for clarifying...on running 10k, i wouldn't take any chances with your back, 7k is enough of a stretch.

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MontyMooDogGraduate in reply to Caley67

Yea. I ran 6k last week and could have carried on for another 1k to take me to the hour so I'll do that 1 day next week, 1 day I'll have another crack at the Speed podcast and the other run will be week 2 of my Weekly Virtual 5k challenge😁

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Good that you ran in cooler weather. Well done πŸ‘

Turns out that 5.15 is not always the coolest part of the day! I struggled this morning and within a couple of hours a breeze whipped up and temperatures fell.

Interesting info about maximum heart rate. If you are using the heart rate zones, MHR has to be reasonably accurate and we both knew that ours weren’t! I’ve adjusted mine to 165 and I’ll see how I get on with that. Seemed closer to reality this morning.

Looking forward to your 5K event at the weekend πŸ™‚πŸ‘

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MontyMooDogGraduate in reply to Jools2020

Yes I'm just going to take it easy lolπŸ˜‚πŸ‘

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